Should all Confederate Statues be removed from display?

I say take them down. Sure there is history behind these "monuments" because they depict real people and real history. But the fact is that these statues did not go up to honor or preserve history. They went up to instill a continued defiance and fear and to send a message. You can do a quick search online and see the time frame of when most of these monuments went up. Most were in the very late 1800's/early 1900's around the time of the Jim Crow Laws being passed and again another spike in them being put up in the 1960's during the Civil Rights movement. That's not coincidence.


https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/whoseheritage-timeline150_years_of_iconography.jpg

At the risk of being blocked or trashed by a bunch of people.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and several other of our first presidents were also slave owners ... Should we get rid of their statues too ... where do we draw the line !!!

if people think removing flags and monuments will repair social injustice ,
more power to them
since the Civil war ended over 150 yrs ago ,but yet we are still fighting it ,
I would say it was more then flags and monuments that kept the hate alive ,
And it seems we have now forgotten the work of men like Doctor King ,and his work was not about removing flags and monuments ,and his way worked ,and some help from men like LBJ who I am not a fan of ,but I do have to give credit where credit is due ,but what the hell ,if they think this will fix it , give it a go LOL
Until we can end the false entitlement that some think others "Owe them "
This issue will never go away ,I never owned slaves ,nor my Dad ,nor his Dad ,and we had to earn all we have but hard work ,there was no white entitlement involved ,I took a test to enter the military ,I was qualified for the jobs that followed ,I have even worked on Mason crews I was the only white man ,and by my hard work and respect to them ,I gained my place by had work ,not because I was white ,so I owe no one nothing ,and my ancestors we "natives ",I am not crying anyone owes them ,it is what it is
My Generation had came closer then any other in my opinion to finally ending race hate ,(it was still big in the cities maybe ,but its my black brothers and sisters that keep burning everything down and the riots of the 80's ,not whites .
Affirmative action made sure that minorities were as equal in the work place ,
even though many who filled the jobs were not qualified (I helped train men to fill jobs they could not do ,and stayed with them until they got it ,they were my friends ,I was not going to let someone get killed to make a point )
We were the first to have mixed schools ,,and in service ,at least the Coast Guard ,we served with men and women from all over the world ,so color was never an option when I looked for a crew member to have my back
Many many times the person I trusted my life to was a black man or woman ,or a Filipino ,sometimes a Cuban
Before we blame for all crimes associated with race on slavery ,
you might look up black on black crimes in other countries ,where slavery was Never an issue
This is an agenda ,,like the KKK and the Panthers
just this time someone has the funding and the law on their side
The problem is not in monuments and flags ,its in the hearts of men
as long as the earth stands there will be wars and rumors of wars
but when they all say "Peace Peace " thats when you need to worry
A wise man spoke thousands of years ago and events we now refer to as "Signs of the Times " and today they read like the nightly news and a news paper
He said when we hear they have come to a place of peace ,"then comes sudden destruction "
He also said when we see the "Abomination of Desolation " to know the end was closer ,,Well its underway ,and soon will come to a head
and all this will make sense when its to late
And we were given a promise as to how to heal our land ,with so many Christians in the world ,you would think our land would be healed ,I think God keeps His promises ,so what do you think the problem is ? Maybe even the Church as forgot God ?
We were to distracted with tribulations ,to understand the season we are in
Many go on "its the END TIME " but they thought that too ,in 70 ad then the temple was destroyed ,,
it was a monument too ,,but the hate did not end there
the truth just got lost ,and the history repeated over and over

It is a slippery slope when you start erasing history in the name of current opinion. Either you learn from history and teach future generations about the good and bad or you fail them.

Plus it seems to me that this current drive to remove statues and monuments is focused only on one time period. They ignore many others who had similar or even more extreme view who are in the "progressive" camp.

History has taught that many monuments are placed with certain meaning and that meaning changes over the years until they stand for something very different.

As one who likes to study history. I'm never sure which is the more stupid.
The victorious North who probably should have had these things destroyed 200 years ago ! Or the vanquished South who really ought to be 'over it' by now !

what do they matter? it is just a stupid friggin statue that doesn't do anything. except stand there.

as far as I am aware a statue can't hold racial prejudice and these are monets that represent history And I can understand taking down some that may of been put up with ill intentions but not all were some of these show southern pride for the ones lost on both sides. Plus these are american war veterans

No because it takes away history

Yes, the same way all the swastikas and statues of Hitler were removed in Germany. They also represent a very ugly time in our country's history. They should be placed in museums, so no one can pretend that it didn't happen, but no one can logically dismiss resentments about slavery as "in the past" while still celebrating the people who fought to [b]maintain[/b] that institution.

No

Yea who gives a shit about those stupid statues

Yes. They should be in a museum.

Yes, of course.